Is CVE-2019-12874 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-12874 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-12874?

CVE-2019-12874 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-12874?

CVE-2019-12874 has an EPSS score of 2.39% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12874?

Upgrade vlc on debian 11 to 3.0.7-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-12874

CRITICALEPSS 82th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.x through 3.0.7. The Matroska demuxer, while parsing a malformed MKV file type, has a double free.

CWE-415

How to fix

Remediation Available

vlcDebian

Fixed in:3.0.7-1CVE-2019-12874

vlcUbuntu

Fixed in:3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1USN-4074-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references8

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-25136	Medium	6.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-0101	Critical	10.0	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2003-0545	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3829	Medium	5.3	59%	-	Fix
CVE-2026-33824	Critical	9.8	56%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-3407	Medium	5.5	50%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.